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One of the villagers. Jim particularly hates the Blackwoods and he represents the worst of the villagers’ attitudes towards them. He’s also the chief firefighter, and though he leads the effort to put out the fire at the Blackwood house, he also throws the first rock that spurs the villagers to storm the house and destroy it.
Jim Donell Quotes in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The We Have Always Lived in the Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Jim Donell or refer to Jim Donell. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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Very carefully he put up his hands and took off his hat saying CHIEF and while everyone watched he walked slowly down the steps and over to the fire engine and set his hat down on the front seat. Then he bent down, searching thoughtfully, and finally, while everyone watched, he took up a rock. In complete silence he turned slowly and then raised his arm and smashed the rock through one of the tall windows of our mother’s drawing room. A wall of laughter rose and grew behind him and then, first the boys on the steps and then the other men and at last the women and the smaller children, they moved like a wave at our house.
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Jim Donell Quotes in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The We Have Always Lived in the Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Jim Donell or refer to Jim Donell. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
Very carefully he put up his hands and took off his hat saying CHIEF and while everyone watched he walked slowly down the steps and over to the fire engine and set his hat down on the front seat. Then he bent down, searching thoughtfully, and finally, while everyone watched, he took up a rock. In complete silence he turned slowly and then raised his arm and smashed the rock through one of the tall windows of our mother’s drawing room. A wall of laughter rose and grew behind him and then, first the boys on the steps and then the other men and at last the women and the smaller children, they moved like a wave at our house.
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